Basketball Intelligence For 6/23/26
Today's Best NBA Reporting And Analysis
THE DRAFT
NBA mock draft 2026: Real drama starts at No. 5 with the LA Clippers
Sam Vecenie, The Athletic
Mock Draft
J. Kyle Mann/Danny Chau, The Ringer
2026 NBA Mock Draft: Final predictions
Christopher Kline, Fansided
NBA mock draft
The Athletic
NBA mock draft 2026: Final projection
Ricky O’Donnell, SBNation
NBA mock draft: Final predictions
Bryan Kalbrosky, USA Today
Mock draft picks and final predictions for 2026 first round
Omari Sankofa II, Detroit Free Press
2026 NBA Mock Draft: Final 60-Pick Projection
Matt Babcock, Babcock Hoops
NBA Draft’s 60 best players in 2026 class, ranked
Ricky O’Donnell, SBNation
Final 2026 NBA Draft Big Board Rankings
Jonathan Wasserman, Bleacher Report
The future of the East: Surveying every developmental corps ahead of 2026 NBA Draft
Law Murray, The Athletic
Second-round sleepers
Rucker Haringey, Fansided
Allen Graves: from mid-major unknown into a potential first-round pick
Matthew Ho, The Athletic
Allen Graves Could Be the Steal of the 2026 NBA Draft
Max Moacanin, Funnyball
Scouting Report for Baba Miller
Jonathan Wasserman, Bleacher Report
How Joshua Jefferson willed his way from Las Vegas to the NBA
Sam Gordon, LV Review-Journal
A Letter to NBA GMs
Kingston Flemings, The Players’ Tribune
Stress Testing Draft Evaluations, Part II
Rafael Barlowe, NBA Big Board
Not one sure thing in the 2026 NBA draft: It’s so hard to succeed in today’s NBA
Henry Abbott/David Thorpe, True Hoop
MIA-MIL TRADE
Why the Bucks chose the Heat’s package over Jaylen Brown
Sam Amick/Eric Nehm, The Athletic
Trade grades for Heat, Bucks
Ricky O’Donnell, SBNation
The salary cap ramifications of the trade and what’s next for the Heat and Bucks.
Yossi Gozlan, Third Apron
Some thoughts on Giannis joining the Heat
Jackson Frank, The Hardwood Herald
Trade Grades
Mike Shearer, Basketball Poetry
BKN-CHI-MIN TRADE
What the Julius Randle trade means for Jaden McDaniels and the Wolves’ young core
Jon Krawczynski, The Athletic
Timberwolves trade Julius Randle, No. 28 pick in NBA Draft to Nets for 33rd pick
The Athletic
Trade Grades
Mike Shearer, Basketball Poetry
Bulls acquire center Nic Claxton in a 3-team trade ahead of the NBA draft
Julia Poe, Chicago Tribune
NOTE: We’ll have more analyses of the trades in tomorrow’s BI
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